Rising rates of head, neck cancers in England
In 2020, 3,469 people died of head and neck cancers, an increase from 3,313 deaths in 2019. Data for 2021 shows there were more than 11,000 cases recorded…reports Asian Lite News Smoking
King’s Australia visit ends on positive note
Despite a headline-grabbing protest in Canberra on Monday, the public mood on the ground in Sydney was supportive….reports Asian Lite News Thousands of people were out on the streets of Sydney on
Paddington Bear gets UK passport
The co-producer of the latest Paddington film mentioned that the Home Office issued a specimen document for the fictional Peruvian-born character, officially noting that he is a bear…reports Asian Lite News Government
UK to lend Ukraine an additional £2.26bn
Britain has already committed to donating £3bn a year in military aid to Ukraine….reports Asian Lite News Britain is to lend Ukraine an additional £2.26bn and allow Kyiv to spend the money
Ministers pause plans to open 44 new state schools in England
The decision will affect mainstream secondary and primary schools that were approved by the previous government..reports Asian Lite news Ministers have paused plans to open 44 new state schools in England, including
Govt’s borrowing rises ahead of Budget
Chief Treasury Secretary Darren Jones claimed the new Labour government had inherited a fiscal “black hole” and that resolving this “will require difficult decisions”….reports Asian Lite News Government borrowing rose last month,
Sellafield cleanup cost rises to £136bn
Europe’s most hazardous industrial site has previously been described by a former UK secretary of state as a “bottomless pit of hell, money and despair”….reports Asian Lite News The cost of cleaning
UK economy ‘set to accelerate’, says IMF
The IMF’s outlook contrasts with Reeves’s assessment of the economy after she claimed Labour had inherited the “worst set of circumstances since the Second World War” …reports Asian Lite News The
Lammy urges ‘restraint’ after Israel-Hezbollah conflict escalates
The Iran-backed militants subsequently launched drones at Israel, saying it was acting in response to the killing of one of its top commanders in an airstrike on Beirut last month….reports Asian Lite
King Charles invited to join climate protest outside castle
XR stresses that the action is not intended to target a person, but rather a system that is supporting the “obscene profits of oil and gas companies” as the climate crisis escalates…reports